Dun and Bradstreet: wrong person

got a text msg,
it basically says "dear joe blogs, we have an urgent matter to speak do you about, call xxx, quote yyy"

now im not joe blogs, and ive been a good boy paying my bills,

should I be worried, not sure why its my number

ive read that if its some silly debt like a video store rental from 20 years ago that I did return the video but they cant find it, and send it to debt collectors its best to ignore and not accept liability by admitting to even going to that video store

I got one of these a few months ago. I called the company from my home phone (silent number so they cannot see who is calling) and asked some questions. I was careful about not giving them too much information about me, but enough that they told me the text had been sent to my number in error. I wasn't game to just ignore but wasn't going to reply via my mobile.

Edit: As Simon has replied, I looked up the number online and called it. Wasn't game to reply to the one in the text or reply from my mobile phone.

There's also a scam where if you call back you are put on hold and you are charged a squillion dollars per second. I had a missed call once with a weird area code and googled it and that was the explanation. If it's genuine they would provide more info. Definitely sounds like some kind of scam.

I'd wait until they're more professional in their approach and do nothing until then.

I did get a letter from them before claiming the ATO has requested they recover a debt so called them up and they had no record of it, even their own reference number ATO also didn't have any idea about it.

There's also a scam where if you call back you are put on hold and you are charged a squillion dollars per second. I had a missed call once with a weird area code and googled it and that was the explanation. If it's genuine they would provide more info. Definitely sounds like some kind of scam.

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There was a story a few years ago about a guy who got so fed up receiving sales calls that he set up a reverse charge phone number and put the number out there. Charged 20c/min to happily listen to them drone on

Veda did this to me recent. I applied for a copy of my own credit file and then I received an SMS asking me to call the number. I googled and found out it was Veda. I then called up and got a voice menu. Eventually someone with a philipino accent come onto the line and basically asked me why I requested my credit file - perhaps I was going to apply for a loan... It was a sales pitch.

I once got a postcard kind of thing in my mailbox asking me to call a number urgently. They gave me a reference number to quote and told me it was very important to avoid the fine.
So I called them & quoted the reference.
Then the lady on the phone asked my date of birth to confirm my identity.
I asked her which company she works for and she said she can't disclose it before she identify me.
I said go #$#& yourself and hung up.
Scammers

D&B also use these calls to solicit rubbish. If they have your name and number they have an address and would send a letter. D&B are not appointed by Human Services or ATO until after several unsuccessful attempts directly. If you have MyGov login and check. If no issue ignore it.